Amateur archaeologists found a Roman-era dodecahedron in Norton Disney, England. Dozens have been found in Europe since the 1700s, but experts can’t agree on what they are.

Lacking context, the dodecahedron has become an enduring mystery of the Roman Empire. “Nobody knows for certain how the Romans used them,” wrote Smithsonian magazine ’s Sarah Kuta last year.

For 285 years, Roman experts and archeologists have been perplexed over metal alloy dodecahedron-shaped objects that have no mention in Roman literature or art. In the summer of 2023, amateur ...

Roman dodecahedron found in England is one of 'archaeology's great enigmas' More than 100 of these artifacts have been found across Europe, but no one knows what they were used for. This ...

Another Roman dodecahedron has been found in England, but despite the number of such objects discovered, their purpose remains a mystery. No known art or text clarifies how these objects may have ...

The 1,700-year-old object will be displayed at the Lincoln Museum from May 4 until early September. “It’s a real pleasure to have the Norton Disney dodecahedron joining us… just a stone’s ...

The Norton Disney Dodecahedron is of the largest and newest ... its middle and is about the size of a clenched fist. It has 12 flat faces that are shaped like pentagons. Each face has a hole ...

The artifact, known as a "Gallo Roman dodecahedron," is a 12-sided object around the size of a softball, weighing just over half a pound. Made of mostly copper with some tin and lead, it has a ...

I am part of the local archaeology group behind the recent discovery of a Roman dodecahedron in Norton Disney, near Lincoln. It has been quite a whirlwind for our group, from the shock on the day ...

His find will now go on display at the museum alongside an intact bronze dodecahedron found nearby in 1939. Schuermans, who has been hunting with his metal detector for years, found the fragment ...